Occupational Therapy Models and Frameworks for Interventions (4 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives

1. You are able to choose and justify a practical model and an appropriate framework for an occupational therapy intervention.
2. You can explain different ways of implementing occupational therapy and define various client types in occupational therapy.
3. You can distinguish between different forms of professional interaction.

Content

Content
Different working methods and examples of the OPTIM intervention phase:
1. Compensation model
2. Training and teaching model
3. Skills acquisition model for practising the skills needed in activities
4. A restorative model to strengthen body functions and other client elements. Different working methods of an occupational therapist as part of the intervention. Definitions of interventions and clients: individual, group, community. Confidential therapeutic relationship, its establishment and maintenance